This is an alignment of the IOF Supply Chain Ontologies Library to the Platform Material Digital Core Ontology. It contains ontologies to be used in the domain of supply chain and logistics.
Platform Material Digital Application Ontology for Logistics and supplychain (log)
The logistics application ontology for use with PMD Core Ontology (PMDco). The scope of this module is the description of material science and engineering related logistics and general organization. Its is adopted from the IOF SupplyChain Module https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/supplychain/SupplyChain/
Formal citation, e.g. identifier in external database to indicate / attribute source(s) for the definition. Free text indicate / attribute source(s) for the definition. EXAMPLE: Author Name, URI, MeSH Term C04, PUBMED ID, Wiki uri on 31.01.2007
formal citation, e.g. identifier in external database to indicate / attribute source(s) for the definition. Free text indicate / attribute source(s) for the definition. EXAMPLE: Author Name, URI, MeSH Term C04, PUBMED ID, Wiki uri on 31.01.2007
Discussion on obo-discuss mailing-list, see http://bit.ly/hgm99w
definition source
my brain is part of my body (continuant parthood, two material entities)
my stomach cavity is part of my stomach (continuant parthood, immaterial entity is part of material entity)
this day is part of this year (occurrent parthood)
a core relation that holds between a part and its whole
Everything is part of itself. Any part of any part of a thing is itself part of that thing. Two distinct things cannot be part of each other.
Occurrents are not subject to change and so parthood between occurrents holds for all the times that the part exists. Many continuants are subject to change, so parthood between continuants will only hold at certain times, but this is difficult to specify in OWL. See http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ro/docs/temporal-semantics/
Parthood requires the part and the whole to have compatible classes: only an occurrent can be part of an occurrent; only a process can be part of a process; only a continuant can be part of a continuant; only an independent continuant can be part of an independent continuant; only an immaterial entity can be part of an immaterial entity; only a specifically dependent continuant can be part of a specifically dependent continuant; only a generically dependent continuant can be part of a generically dependent continuant. (This list is not exhaustive.) A continuant cannot be part of an occurrent: use 'participates in'. An occurrent cannot be part of a continuant: use 'has participant'. A material entity cannot be part of an immaterial entity: use 'has location'. A specifically dependent continuant cannot be part of an independent continuant: use 'inheres in'. An independent continuant cannot be part of a specifically dependent continuant: use 'bearer of'.
part of
has realization
b has realization c =Def c realizes b
As for realizes
realizes
(Elucidation) realizes is a relation between a process b and realizable entity c such that c inheres in some d & for all t, if b has participant d then c exists & the type instantiated by b is correlated with the type instantiated by c
A balding process realizes a disposition to go bald; a studying process realizes a student role; a process of pumping blood realizes the pumping function of a heart
occurs in
b occurs in c =Def b is a process or a process boundary & c is a material entity or site & there exists a spatiotemporal region r & b occupies spatiotemporal region r & for all time t, if b exists at t then c exists at t & there exist spatial regions s and s' where b spatially projects onto s at t & c occupies spatial region s' at t & s is a continuant part of s' at t
A process of digestion occurs in the interior of an organism; a process of loading artillery rounds into a tank cannon occurs in the interior of the tank
exists at
(Elucidation) exists at is a relation between a particular and some temporal region at which the particular exists
First World War exists at 1914-1916; Mexico exists at January 1, 2000
has occurrent part
b has occurrent part c =Def c occurrent part of b
Mary's life has occurrent part Mary's 5th birthday
occurrent part of
(Elucidation) occurrent part of is a relation between occurrents b and c when b is part of c
Mary's 5th birthday is an occurrent part of Mary's life; the first set of the tennis match is an occurrent part of the tennis match
environs
b environs c =Def c occurs in b
Mouth environs process of mastication; city environs traffic
bearer of
b bearer of c =Def c inheres in b
A patch of ink is the bearer of a colour quality; an organism is the bearer of a temperature quality
inheres in
b inheres in c =Def b is a specifically dependent continuant & c is an independent continuant that is not a spatial region & b specifically depends on c
A shape inheres in a shaped object; a mass inheres in a material entity
occupies temporal region
p occupies temporal region t =Def p is a process or process boundary & the spatiotemporal region occupied by p temporally projects onto t
The Second World War occupies the temporal region September 1, 1939 - September 2, 1945
first instant of
t first instant of t' =Def t is a temporal instant & t' is a temporal region t' & t precedes all temporal parts of t' other than t
An hour starting at midnight yesterday has first instant midnight yesterday
last instant of
t last instant of t' =Def t is a temporal instant & t' is a temporal region & all temporal parts of t' other than t precede t
Last midnight is the last instant of yesterday
This document is about information artifacts and their representations
A (currently) primitive relation that relates an information artifact to an entity.
7/6/2009 Alan Ruttenberg. Following discussion with Jonathan Rees, and introduction of "mentions" relation. Weaken the is_about relationship to be primitive. We will try to build it back up by elaborating the various subproperties that are more precisely defined. Some currently missing phenomena that should be considered "about" are predications - "The only person who knows the answer is sitting beside me" , Allegory, Satire, and other literary forms that can be topical without explicitly mentioning the topic.
Smith, Ceusters, Ruttenberg, 2000 years of philosophy
is about
A person's name denotes the person. A variable name in a computer program denotes some piece of memory. Lexically equivalent strings can denote different things, for instance "Alan" can denote different people. In each case of use, there is a case of the denotation relation obtaining, between "Alan" and the person that is being named.
A primitive, instance-level, relation obtaining between an information content entity and some portion of reality. Denotation is what happens when someone creates an information content entity E in order to specifically refer to something. The only relation between E and the thing is that E can be used to 'pick out' the thing. This relation connects those two together. Freedictionary.com sense 3: To signify directly; refer to specifically
2009-11-10 Alan Ruttenberg. Old definition said the following to emphasize the generic nature of this relation. We no longer have 'specifically denotes', which would have been primitive, so make this relation primitive. g denotes r =def r is a portion of reality there is some c that is a concretization of g every c that is a concretization of g specifically denotes r
Conversations with Barry Smith, Werner Ceusters, Bjoern Peters, Michel Dumontier, Melanie Courtot, James Malone, Bill Hogan
denotes
inverse of the relation 'denotes'
denoted by
this blood clot participates in this blood coagulation
this input material (or this output material) participates in this process
this investigator participates in this investigation
a relation between a continuant and a process, in which the continuant is somehow involved in the process
participates in
this blood coagulation has participant this blood clot
this investigation has participant this investigator
this process has participant this input material (or this output material)
a relation between a process and a continuant, in which the continuant is somehow involved in the process
Has_participant is a primitive instance-level relation between a process, a continuant, and a time at which the continuant participates in some way in the process. The relation obtains, for example, when this particular process of oxygen exchange across this particular alveolar membrane has_participant this particular sample of hemoglobin at this particular time.
has participant
A journal article is an information artifact that inheres in some number of printed journals. For each copy of the printed journal there is some quality that carries the journal article, such as a pattern of ink. The quality (a specifically dependent continuant) concretizes the journal article (a generically dependent continuant), and both depend on that copy of the printed journal (an independent continuant).
An investigator reads a protocol and forms a plan to carry out an assay. The plan is a realizable entity (a specifically dependent continuant) that concretizes the protocol (a generically dependent continuant), and both depend on the investigator (an independent continuant). The plan is then realized by the assay (a process).
A relationship between a specifically dependent continuant or process and a generically dependent continuant, in which the generically dependent continuant depends on some independent continuant in virtue of the fact that the specifically dependent continuant or process also depends on that same independent continuant. Multiple specifically dependent continuants or processes can concretize the same generically dependent continuant.
concretizes
my head is the location of my brain
this cage is the location of this rat
a relation between two independent continuants, the location and the target, in which the target is entirely within the location
Most location relations will only hold at certain times, but this is difficult to specify in OWL. See http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ro/docs/temporal-semantics/
location of
my brain is located in my head
this rat is located in this cage
a relation between two independent continuants, the target and the location, in which the target is entirely within the location
Location as a relation between instances: The primitive instance-level relation c located_in r at t reflects the fact that each continuant is at any given time associated with exactly one spatial region, namely its exact location. Following we can use this relation to define a further instance-level location relation - not between a continuant and the region which it exactly occupies, but rather between one continuant and another. c is located in c1, in this sense, whenever the spatial region occupied by c is part_of the spatial region occupied by c1. Note that this relation comprehends both the relation of exact location between one continuant and another which obtains when r and r1 are identical (for example, when a portion of fluid exactly fills a cavity), as well as those sorts of inexact location relations which obtain, for example, between brain and head or between ovum and uterus
located in
p has input c iff: p is a process, c is a material entity, c is a participant in p, c is present at the start of p, and the state of c is modified during p.
has input
p has output c iff c is a participant in p, c is present at the end of p, and c is not present in the same state at the beginning of p.
has output
has member is a mereological relation between a collection and an item.
has member
input of
is output of
output of
is subject of
Inverse of 'is about'.
specifies role
role specified by
acts on behalf of
relation from a material entity to a person or a group of agents or engineered system that holds when the material entity participates in some planned process in order to fulfill an objective for the person or group of agents or engineered system
owned by
relationship from a material entity to a person or business organization when the material entity is held by the person or business organization as legal property
owns
relationship from a person or business organization to an independent continuant when the agent holds the independent continuant as legal property
industrial inventory
material product, material component, raw material, or material artifact that is ready to be sold or used and is stored in a storage facility or on factory floor
industrial inventory role
role held by some material entity when it is stored by a bussiness organization and it is intended to be supplied to a customer or to be used or consumed in some product production process
consigning process
business process that results in placing a material entity in the possession of some agent without changing the ownership until the material entity is sold
freight forwarding process
business process of planning and coordinating the transportation of material products on behalf of a shipper
manufacturer identifier
product identifier
batch identifier
denotes all material artifact generated by one distinguishable manufacturing process run
agreement
understanding between two or more parties that contains a set of commitments on the part of the parties
commercial service agreement
agreement between a customer and service provider that is about some commercial service to be provided by the service provider in exchange for compensation from the customer
bill of lading
agreement between a shipper and a carrier that prescribes some consigning process
transport equipment role
role held by a material artifact when it is planned to be involved in or is involved in carrying out some part of a planned transportation process and that is not consumed in that planned process
purchase order
agreement between a buyer and a vendor (supplier) that that contains a set of commitments on the buyer and the vendeor
lot number
identifier that uniquely denotes a particular quantity of material entities that have shared production or transformation history
organization identifier
identifier that identifies an organization
part number
identifier that uniquely identifies an artifact (material artifact) and that is created according to some part numbering system
physical location identifier
identifier that identifies a physical location (site)
global location number
identifer that uniquely identifies a business organization or a geospatial location and complies with GS1 GLN coding scheme
location identification scheme
identification scheme that prescribes how unique identifiers of physical locations are formulated
customer
person or organization which has a customer role
agent
buyer
person or organization which has a buyer role
consignee
person or business organization that receives some shipment
consignor
person or business organization that prepares and sends shipments for transport
distributor
person or business organization when it purchases products from manufacturers and resells them to wholesalers
freight forwarder
person or business organization when it arranges the transportation of shipments on behalf of the shipper (consignor) or consignee
manufacturer
organization which has a manufacturer role
retailer
person or business organization who buys products from wholesalers and manufacturers and resells them to end users
shipper
supplier
person or organization which has a supplier role
carrier
person or business organization who provides transportation services
service provider
person or organization which has a service provider role
supply chain agent
person or business organization who supplies material products or commercial services to other agents in a supply chain
wholesaler
person or business organization that buys products from distributors and resells them to retailers or other business organizations
cargo
material entity that is transported using a transport equipment by a carrier
load
collection of material entities which share the same transportation and transfer history
maintainable material item
material artifact or engineered system which has the maintainable material item role
material component
material entity which has the material component role
material product
material entity which has the material product role
material resource
material entity which has the material resource role
department
object aggregate that is part of an organisation and consists of persons that are members of the same organisation
facility
engineered system that consists of buildings, structures, roads, machines, and equipment desgined to provide certain capabilities
“Laboratory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/laboratory. Accessed 24 Nov. 2022.
laboratory
A place equipped for experimental study in a science or for testing and analysis.
storage facility
facility that is designed to store materials or goods
distribution center
storage facility designed to store manufactured products that are to be distributed to resellers and wholesalers
logistic unit
material entities packaged together for transport or storage
lot
quantity of material entities produced together and sharing the same production history and specifications
supply chain system
engineered system composed of agents, facilties, machines, and information systems that is designed to deliver products and services to end customers through an engineered flow of information, material, and cash
manufacturing supply chain system
supply chain system that is formed to manufacture one or more products
service supply chain system
supply chain system that is formed to deliver some commercial services
piece of transport equipment
piece of equipment that has the function of holding, protecting, and securing a number of material entites for transportation purposes
container
piece of transport equipment that is designed to contain some material entities
trailer
piece of transport equipment that is unpowered and is pulled by a powered vehicle
wagon
piece of transport equipment in a rail transport system used for carrying cargo or passengers
integrated carrier business organization
business organization that is created for the purpose of providing different types of transportation and freight forwarding services
business organization
organization engaging in or planning to engage in any activity of buying and selling goods or services for a profit
organization
An organization is an immaterial entity that has the organisation role and there exists some sort of legal framework that recognises the entity and its continued existence.
issue: https://github.com/materialdigital/core-ontology/issues/101
shipment
collection of material entities delivered to a receiver's location that have undergone the same dispatch and receipt processes
freight forwarding business function
business function that is realized in a freight forwarding service
transportation business function
business function that is realized in a transportation service
agent role
role that someone or something has when they act on behalf of a person, engineered system or a group of agents
buyer role
agent role held by a person or organization when it buys a product or a service
consignee role
role held by a person or business organization when it receives a shipment from a carrier and owns the shipment after the receipt
consignor role
role held by a business organization or person when it prepares, initiates, and consigns a shipment it owns
customer role
agent role held by a person or organization when it utilizes the product or receives the service or subscribes to the commercial service agreement
service consumer role
customer role held by a person or business organization when it receives and consumes a service
distributor role
role held by a person or business organization when it buys some material products from a manufacturer and resells them to a wholesaler
manufacturer role
agent role held by an organization when it produces material products
retailer role
role held by a person or business organization when it buys products (material product) from manufacturers or wholesalers and offers them for sale to customers who are the end users of the product
supplier role
agent role held by a person or organization when it offers to sell or provide products or services
service provider role
supplier role held by a person or organization when it offers to sell or provide a commercial service
logistics service provider role
service provider role that is held by a business organization or person when it provides a logistics service
manufacturing service provider role
service provider role that is held by a person or business organization when it provides a manufacturing service
freight forwarder role
A freight forwarder, or forwarding agent, is a person or company that organizes shipments for individuals or corporations to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market, customer or final point of distribution.
packaging service provider role
logisitics service provider role held by a business organization or person when it provides a packaging service
storage service provider role
logisitics service provider role that is held by a person or business organization when it provides a storage service
transportation service provider role
supply chain agent role
role held by an agent that is a part of a supply chain system when it supplies material products or commercial services to other agents in the supply chain system
wholesaler role
role held by a person or business organization when it buys some product from a distributor and resells them to retailers
cargo role
role held by a material entity when it is being transported or is planned to be transported by a carrier
ship from location role
location role held by a geospatial site when it is the location at which some dispatch process occures
ship to location role
location role held by a geospatial site when it is the location at which some receiving process occures
supply chain node role
location role held by a geospatial site when it is the site some supply chain process
material product role
role held by a material entity that is intended to be sold, or has been bought, or has been supplied
raw material role
role held by a material entity when it is acquired by an organizational entity with some plan to transform or modify it into intermediate-level components or substances or into a product
lot role
traceable resource unit role held by material entities that have a shared production or transformation history
shipment role
traceable resource unit role held by material entities when they undergo the same dispatch and receipt processes as prescribed by a bill of lading
load role
traceable resource unit role held by a number of material entities that have been transferred or transported together
logistic unit role
traceable resource unit role held by a number of material entities that are packaged together for transport or storage
traceable resource unit role
role held by a number of uniquely identified material entities when they participate in some supply chain processes or production processes while some agent observes them and collects information about them for future retrieval
location role
role held by a geospatial site when it is the location of some material entity at some time or the site of some process
ship from location
geospatial location at which some dispatch process occurs
ship to location
geospatial location in which some receiving process occurs
supply chain node
geospatial location that is the site of some supply chain process
business function
function of an organization to partake in for profit activities as prescribed by the objectives specified by that organization
commercial service specification
plan specification that prescribes a commercial service
packaging plan specification
plan specification that prescribes a packaging process
shipment plan specification
plan specification that prescribes a shipment preparation process and a transportation process
supply chain plan specification
plan specification that has one or more supply chain objective specifications as parts and that prescribes a supply chain process
warehousing plan specification
plan specification that prescribes a warehousing process
airway
three-dimensional spatial region that connects one specified location (navigation point) to another at a specified altitude, along which an aircraft may be flown
seaway
three-dimensional spatial region that connects one specified location to another on a body of water along which a watercraft may travel
shipping route
way (three-dimensional spatial region) that connects two or more supply chain nodes along which some shipment travels during a transport process
raw material
material entity which has the raw material role
traceable resource unit
material entity that is uniquely identified and there may be a need to retrieve information about its history, application, or location as it moves through a supply chain
maintainable material item role
role played by an asset (engineered system or material artifact) when there is a maintenance strategy prescribing its maintenance process
material component role
role held by a material entity when it is a proper part of another material entity or is planned to be a proper part of another material entity
material resource role
role played by a material entity that consists in it being available to a person or group of agents or engineered system
buying business process
business process wherein a financial instrument is used by an agent (buyer) to acquire ownership of a product or commercial service from another agent (seller) for the buyer itself or for another agent (customer)
commercial service
business process that consists of a service provisioning process and a consumption process
logistics service
commercial service that consists of at least one transport process, packaging process, freight forwarding, or storage process
freight forwarding service
logistics service that consists of at least one freight forwarding process
packaging service
logistics service that consists of at lest one packaging process
storage service
logistics service that consists of at least one storage process
transportation service
logistics service that consists of at least one transport process
manufacturing service
commercial service that consists of at least one manufacturing process
inventory management process
business process that consists of the activities required for controlling, tracking, recording, and planning inventories
logistics process
business process that consists of a combination of one or more transport, shipment preparation, storage or receiving processes
business process of putting some products or some portion of material into a package according to a packaging plan specification
procuring business process
business process that consists of buying and ensuring the supply of products or services
product production process
business process that consists of at least one manufacturing process through which raw materials and components are transformed or modified to create a material product
receiving process
planned process in which an agent receives some material entity from another agent
supply chain process
planned process in which a supply chain plan specification is realized by a number of supply chain agents
selling business process
business process wherein a product or commercial service is offered by an agent (seller) for another agent (buyer) to acquire ownership via a financial instrument
shipment preparation process
business process in which some material entities are prepared to be transported together to a receiver’s location
supplying business process
business process wherein a product or service is supplied
warehousing process
business process of storing products (material products) in a storage facility for future use
business process
planned process which is prescribed by a plan specification with one or more objectives specified by a business organization
manufacturing process
planned process that consists of a structured set of operations through which input material is transformed or modified
assembly process
manufacturing process in which a number of material components are physically connected to each other to form an assembly
measurement process
planned process to determine the value of an attribute (specifically dependent continuant or temporal region or process characteristic) of an entity of interest
appraisal process
measurement process that involves evaluating, assessing, estimating, or judging the nature, value, importance, condition, or quality of some entity
material location change process
planned process that results in a material entity moving from one physical location to another
arrival process
material location change process that consists of the participating entity reaching its destination such that the travel or transport process which it is a part of is completed
departure process
material location change process that consists of the participating entity leaving its starting location such that the travel or transport process it is a part of is initiated
transport process
material location change process involving the movement of material entities by some piece of transport equipment
storage process
planned process of putting and keeping material entities in a specified location for future use
travel process
material location change process wherein one or more persons move between geographical locations